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J. Howard: Surroundings

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Practice Makes Perfect: Twenty Years of The Cum...

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Admission: September 30, 11 AM – 1 PM

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Posted: September 15, 2020

The Wonderful Wurlitzer

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Shattering Barriers: 60 Years Later, Wilma Rudolph’s Olympic Gold Medal Runs Still Inspire

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✨Have you heard about our Grand Illumination giv

✨Have you heard about our Grand Illumination giving campaign? We're raising money to replace vital income lost during COVID-19. Your donations will go toward the Museum's mission including educational programming, exhibits and collections. If you'd like to donate, you can on our website (🔗 in our bio).

✨Then come celebrate with us at our FREE community event. We're "flipping the switch" on the 1898 Customs House building and will light it up for the first time to the public on Oct. 3 at 7 PM. This event is open to the community and will be outside the Museum.

♻️The Museum is proud to announce that we've w

♻️The Museum is proud to announce that we've won the 2020 Annual Excellence Award for Outstanding Efforts in Resource Conservation by the Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program! This is a huge honor and we are proud to continue to our efforts to be an environmentally friendly business.

🥇Today marks 60 years since Wilma Rudolph won h

🥇Today marks 60 years since Wilma Rudolph won her first of three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and became the fastest woman in the world. We honor Wilma’s accomplishments, both professionally and civically, in our permanent Challenges & Champions Gallery.

We've got something BIG happening and we can't wai

We've got something BIG happening and we can't wait to share! 🤔💡Stay tuned!

We're celebrating #WomensSuffrage all around the M

We're celebrating #WomensSuffrage all around the Museum! We have a selection of suffrage-themed and women-created items for sale in the store and the Power of Women exhibit is now up! You might sneak a peek at the exhibit in an upcoming program on CDE Lightband's new CCN channel as well as on a segment from News Channel 5 in Nashville!

"Tennie" will be revealed to the public tomorrow at 6 PM on Public Square. You can participate in the suffrage parade starting at the Courthouse at 5 PM.

Today we say goodbye to the Wonders of the West ex

Today we say goodbye to the Wonders of the West exhibit. We would like to give a huge thank you to Heimansohn Steel & Salvage, all of our collectors and artists for making this exhibit unforgettable!

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